Beetle
Spider
Spider noun - Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.
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Synonyms for Spider
Beetle and spider are semantically related in bug topic. Sometimes you can use "Beetle" instead a noun "Spider".
Nearby Words: spidery, spidering, spidered
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Apparently, the alchemist was not truly able to create life, but instead "borrowed" the life of another creature, such as a spider or beetle.
Source: Our Homunculi Are Different -
Later, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion expanded on the beetle/spider-like Nerubians that had been introduced in Warcraft III, this race includes priests and necromancers among its ranks.
Source: Hive Caste System -
Big Creepy-Crawlies: Some creature that looks like a cross between a beetle and a spider ambushes one of the astronauts in a cave.
Source: Film / Queen of Outer Space
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